Inhibition of caspase-3 differentially affects vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis in the concave versus convex aortic sites in ascending aneurysms with a bicuspid aortic valve

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-150

  Mohamed, S A ^a   Misfeld, M ^a   Hanke, T ^a   Charitos, E I ^a   Bullerdiek, J ^b   Belge, G ^b   Kuehnel, W ^a   Sievers, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Apoptosis; Bicuspid aortic valve; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROCASPASE 3; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SAMPLING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 77952725384     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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